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Crisis Management Update: Managing your business through change and disruption
This week's guide to Crisis Management
 
This week's email features a look at Make sure your firm isn't a juicy target for hackers; Hiring: Finding the right person is mission critical; How startups can benefit from government auctions; Subcontractors are at risk amid 'unprecedented' cost increases; Building a loyal employee base should be your top post-pandemic priority.
 
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An oil pipeline was a juicy target for hackers; make sure your firm isn’t one
While retail establishments, banks, and government entities are atop the target list of cybercriminals, any unfortified networks—including those of law firms—that maintain valuable corporate and customer data are subject to besiegement.
 
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Hiring: Finding the right person is mission critical
I am really, really slow and deliberate with hiring. I look for superstars, and there are only so many of them on the job market at any one time. .
 
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How startups can benefit from government auctions
You can turn to the many seller applications and websites out there, but there’s a much safer way to buy the vehicles or equipment that your enterprise needs: in a government auction. These auctions are fast becoming a major hotspot for entrepreneurs to find essentials for their business.. 
 
  • They have incredible deals on items for businesses
  • There are products for all kinds of companies
  • Online government auction marketplaces = hassle-free experience
  • No need to worry about scammers
  • Items in government auctions are well-maintained
  • They help the environment and local communities
 
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Subcontractors are at risk amid ‘unprecedented’ cost increases
Construction industry sources say the rising cost of lumber, steel, PVC pipe and other building materials is creating hardships for contractors and suppliers, especially small and disadvantaged businesses, and may even put some companies out of business.
 
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Building a loyal employee base should be your top post-pandemic priority
The union bosses of the 1800s who organized workers to fight low wages and unsafe working conditions couldn’t have dreamed of this one: A day when the onus is now on companies to make their staff as happy as possible or risk having no employees at all.
 
 

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